f. 1 and ff. 123r–124v appear to be the old pastedown and endpaper.
Besides the commentary in the margin the main text is also interspersed with interlinear glosses written by the same hand.
f. 122 is only half as wide as the other leaves.
f. 122A consists of a small piece of parchment attached to the quire. 122Ar contains the end of the commentary, 122Av contains an addition by a later hand.
2.1(ff. 2ra–2vb)Extracts from De Penitentia Salomonis, Augustine's De nuptiis et concupiscentia, and scattered Bible glosses
Salomon inquit uir tante sapientie
que per adam intrauit in mundum hoc qui non credit infelis est.
The first paragraph on 2r appears to be a version of De Penitentia Salomonis (for more on this text see DiTommaso (2017), pp. 371–452), followed by Augustine's De nuptiis et concupiscentia, 1:10. After this follows what appears to be Bible glosses. On 2v the glosses are mainly on Romans.
Quibusdam chorintiorum per primam epistulam correctis
Spiritus communis patri et filio uel ita spiritus sit uobiscum ut comunicet et conferat uobis gratiam christi et caritatem dei quod est sit tota trinitas uobiscum dans gratias de commissis et caritatem per spiritum.
Colosenses sunt asiani quibus non ipse apostolus predicauit sed eius discipuli archippus et epaphras
Prepositum eorum per eos commonet ut qui regendam ecclesiam eorum accepit sit sollicitus de eis plebis autem causa scribitur epistula et ideo non ad rectorem destinatur.
Calix Quia tota humana natura et in anima et corpore erit corrupta
Hac autem causa factum uidetur ut scilicet inicio nascentis ecclesie nouis causis existentibus premuniret et ut presentia atque oriencia resecaret uicia
Commentary: The commentary is an intergral part of the page layout with its own guidelines and ruling. When the commentary is at its largest it completley surrounds the main text and has been written on hardpoint ruled lines (two lines for each line of the main text). Leaves with less commentary on them have not always been ruled in this way.
(f. S1r)
Top of page in black ink: ‘Kgl Bibl. 1734 års Kat no 12. Theol. in fol.’.
Middle of the page in black ink: ‘Epistolae Sancti Pauli Apostoli. cum Commentariis et glossis’.
Below in pencil: ‘Från S.t Légers kapell i Loudun (nära Poitiers) (kapellet tilhörde grefvarnas af Anjou slott; är nu museum).’
(RCI)
A small envelope attached to the pastedown in the lower outer corner. The envelope contains parts of an endband in blue yarn.
Textblock
(f. 1r)
Upper part of page in faded ink of uncertain date: ‘Ca livre Est de leglise ? de sainct legier du chast- a/et lodun Legier’.
(f. 1v)
A poem in French written by a late-medieval hand in dark ink. The poem is 7 lines long and signed ‘Johannis’ + an illegible surname. The poem is repeated two more times below, but without signature. The page also contains some doodles and additional lines of text.
(f. 63r)
Short note by the same or similar hand as the the rest of the text written vertically in the outer margin.
(f. 87v)
Several lines of glosses have been erased on the middle of the page. The text is still faintly visible.
(f. 122Av)
Note by later medieval hand, 5 lines of text: ‘O uos causidici...ordo supernus’.
(ff. 123r–124r)
Notes and scribblings by one or more late-medieval hand in dark ink. Notes both in Latin and French. A note at the bottom of (f. 123v) again states that the book belonged to the chapel of Saint Légier.
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in brown ink, capitals in red or touched with red, rubrics in red.
(ff. 10r–105r): zoomorph P over 8-11 lines. Every new book is introduced by a complex zoomorph P (in Paulus). These letters are outlined in ink and coloured. Main colours: red, blue, green, and yellow. In some cases, e.g. (f. 70v), only blue and red are used. The motives are zoomorph (mainly dragons) with knotwork and architectural elements (columns, acanthus), sometimes combined and sometimes isolated. Above these large initials smaller plain intials over 2-3 lines (+ extending below the line) in red or blue are usually found. These initials belong to a short introductionary paragraph. On 88v and 93r instead of the plain initials smaller versions of the zoomorph initials are used.
(f. 106r): zoomorph M over 4 lines. Same style of motif and colours as the larger initials.
(ff. 7r–103v): Plain initials over 1-3 lines (+ extending above and below the line) in red.
(ff. 3r–5r): Missing initials. Guide letters in lead, possibly by a later hand.
Binding
Medieval binding. Parchment over wooden boards. No decoration. Spine, in dark ink: ‘12’; in dark ink: ‘Epistolae Pauli Lat.’; remains of a lable; stamped in gold: ‘A 141’.
305 ×
220 ×
55 mm
The original spine has been mounted on a support of thick paper. Pieces of brown leather on the spine. No bands visible. Stitching visible onLCI .
